Let’s Stop Subsidizing Economic Inequality Let’s Stop Subsidizing Economic Inequality
Why must you and I foot the bill, via our taxes, for the callousness of Wal-Mart or Domino's?
May 28, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Border Agency Won’t Release ‘Scathing’ Review of Its Own Use-of-Force Policies Border Agency Won’t Release ‘Scathing’ Review of Its Own Use-of-Force Policies
US border agents have killed forty-five people since 2005.
May 27, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Class War: Thailand’s Military Coup Class War: Thailand’s Military Coup
Outnumbered by the country’s rural voters, Thailand’s once vibrantly democratic urban middle class has embraced an elitist, antidemocratic agenda.
May 27, 2014 / Walden Bello and Foreign Policy In Focus
How UC–Santa Barbara Can Turn Grief Into Action: Divest From Gun Manufacturers How UC–Santa Barbara Can Turn Grief Into Action: Divest From Gun Manufacturers
Our communities are bearing the brunt of gun violence while corporate executives reap the financial rewards.
May 27, 2014 / Peter Dreier and Jennifer Fiore
The Left Ought to Worry About Hillary Clinton, Hawk and Militarist, in 2016 The Left Ought to Worry About Hillary Clinton, Hawk and Militarist, in 2016
As secretary of state, Clinton accomplished little, but usually came down on the side of using force.
May 27, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Like Big Tobacco, Big Energy Targets the Developing World for Future Profits Like Big Tobacco, Big Energy Targets the Developing World for Future Profits
An increase in carbon sales to non-OECD countries will help create a humanitarian catastrophe of apocalyptic dimensions.
May 27, 2014 / Michael T. Klare
Obama’s Goldilocks Foreign Policy: Is It Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold? Obama’s Goldilocks Foreign Policy: Is It Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold?
Tomorrow’s West Point speech may explain it all.
May 27, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Pure Poison: The UCSB Shooting, Ray Rice and a Culture of Violence Against Women Pure Poison: The UCSB Shooting, Ray Rice and a Culture of Violence Against Women
Misogyny becomes weaponized when a culture excuses it and looks the other way.
May 27, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Conservative Jones, Boy Detective, and the Mystery of the Unhinged Netizens Conservative Jones, Boy Detective, and the Mystery of the Unhinged Netizens
Why are certain Internet users so irrationally attached to the notion of net neutrality?
May 27, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Activists Invade the Guggenheim: Holding US Institutions Accountable for Labor Abuses in Abu Dhabi Activists Invade the Guggenheim: Holding US Institutions Accountable for Labor Abuses in Abu Dhabi
The disruption at the Guggenheim was just a visual articulation of global, grassroots demands rising outside the museum walls.
May 26, 2014 / Michelle Chen